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* Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] scsi: ufs: add required delay after gating reference clock
From: Stanley Chu @ 2020-02-20 13:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Can Guo
  Cc: chun-hung.wu, linux-scsi, martin.petersen, andy.teng, jejb,
	peter.wang, kuohong.wang, linux-kernel, avri.altman,
	linux-mediatek, linux-arm-kernel, alim.akhtar, matthias.bgg,
	beanhuo, bvanassche, hongwus, Asutosh Das
In-Reply-To: <bbb0b0637d9667d4691a9a28f9988dea@codeaurora.org>

Hi Can,

On Wed, 2020-02-19 at 18:33 +0800, Can Guo wrote:
> Hi Stanley,
> 
> On 2020-02-19 17:11, Stanley Chu wrote:
> > Hi Can,
> > 
> > On Wed, 2020-02-19 at 10:35 +0800, Can Guo wrote:
> > 
> >> Since we all need this delay here, how about put the delay in the
> >> entrence of ufshcd_setup_clocks(), before vops_setup_clocks()?
> >> If so, we can remove all the delays we added in our vops since the
> >> delay anyways delays everything inside ufshcd_setup_clocks().
> >> 
> > 
> > Always putting the delay in the entrance of ufshcd_setup_clocks() may
> > add unwanted delay for vendors, just like your current implementation,
> > or some other vendors who do not want to disable the reference clock.
> > 
> > I think current patch is more reasonable because the delay is applied 
> > to
> > clock only named as "ref_clk" specifically.
> > 
> > If you needs to keep "ref_clk" in DT, would you consider to remove the
> > delay in your ufs_qcom_dev_ref_clk_ctrl() and let the delay happens via
> > common ufshcd_setup_clocks() only? However you may still need delay if
> > call path comes from ufs_qcom_pwr_change_notify().
> > 
> > What do you think?
> > 
> 
> I agree current change is more reasonable from what it looks, but the 
> fact
> is that I canont remove the delay in ufs_qcom_dev_ref_clk_ctrl() even 
> with
> this change. On our platforms, ref_clk in DT serves multipule purposes,
> the ref_clk provided to UFS device is actually controlled in
> ufs_qcom_dev_ref_clk_ctrl(), which comes before where this change kicks 
> start,
> so if I remove the delay in ufs_qcom_dev_ref_clk_ctrl(), this change 
> cannot
> provide us the correct delay before gate the ref_clk provided to UFS 
> device.

> > Always putting the delay in the entrance of ufshcd_setup_clocks() may
> > add unwanted delay for vendors, just like your current implementation,
> > or some other vendors who do not want to disable the reference clock.
> 
> I meant if we put the delay in the entrance, I will be able to remove
> the delay in ufs_qcom_dev_ref_clk_ctrl(). Meanwhile, we can add proper
> checks before the delay to make sure it is initiated only if ref_clk 
> needs
> to be disabled, i.e:
> 
> if(!on && !skip_ref_clk && hba->dev_info.clk_gating_wait_us)
>      usleep_range();
> 
> Does this look better to you?

Firstly thanks so much for above details.

Again this statement may also add unwanted delay if some other vendors
does not have "ref_clk" in DT or they don't/can't disable the reference
clock provided to UFS device.

> 
> Anyways, we will see regressions with this change on our platforms, can 
> we
> have more discussions before get it merged? It should be OK if you go 
> with
> patch #2 alone first, right? Thanks.

Now the fact is that this change will impact your flow and it seems no
solid conclusion yet. Sure I could drop patch #1 and submit patch #2
only first : )

Thanks,
Stanley Chu

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